How many sentences do you have to use with the word "innovate" or "innovation" in them, without fumbling, stumbling, mumbling, etc. in order to pass your Microsoft Technology Evangelist training?
I want **all** subsidies ended, every single one of them, farming, energy related, the whole kit and kaboodle.
Part of the problem is, the US government makes GOBS of money off the current gas/oil/coal energy setup. So, Congress, like it or not, has a vested interest in A) keeping things pretty much as is and/or B) shifting the tax burden to keep them from losing the mountains of money they make from the current setup.
I am not ignoring *the war*. I am a Navy veteran, thanks, I am very aware of the conflicts our country has embroiled itself in.
And, you seem hell bent on accusing me of "mental imbalance", please leave your Internet Psychology at home.
Spending was and has been out of control, war, stimulus packages, TARP, etc. included. And, the table is being set to ramp up the spending even more, which was my main point.
And, I agree, it is not a Democrat versus Republican (or vice versa) thing. I support neither one of the two major parties, they both share the blame for the current state of affairs. My problem is, both major parties have done jack sh!t to curb the spending, which is what I find (and other should find) the most disturbing situation related to the state of the union, so to speak.
I have always voted for the candidate that I thought would do the best job, based on my own research, regardless of party. But recently, based on antics of both parties, I flatly refuse to vote for a member of either party unless and until one or both start taking actions that will benefit the country as a whole and not being hell bent on getting in and keeping in power, damning everything else.
** And what criteria are you using for "people that couldn't run a business if their lives depended on it. That's pretty disparaging to a lot of hard working people that you've never met, and it borders on clinical paranoia. **
Oh, and I have met quite a number of Senators and Representatives over the years, thanks.
Are you even you paying attention to what the US government is spending? Are you looking at what the US government is already committing itself to spending now and in the future? Are you aware that recent spending is going to quadruple the National Debt? If not, you might want to look into this.
It is a matter of simple economics. You cannot spend more than you make for very long and expect an all rosy outcome. The problem with the US government doing it, long term is that the US government doesn't pay for it, so what do the people running the US government really care? It all gets placed on the backs of each and every tax paying citizen, their children and even their children.
As for the rest, the information you specifically asked for cites on is out there, you can easily find it, if you care to look. Do your own research, I have done mine.
** I wish I had mod points. Why is this so hard to understand? Tax free R&D for green tech is the way to go. **
It isn't hard to understand.
The *problem* with it is, the people in power (and you can call them Democrats or Republicans, they both are like this) would lose the POWER attendant upon the Cap and Trade nightmare. It is not about "cleaning up the environment, greener technologies" or anything remotely like that for the politicians. It is solely and only about getting in and expanding their power, damn the country and the U.S. citizenry.
Oh, sure, there are a few good politicians that A) genuinely want to help make the country better but B) they are drowned out by the 1) clueless ones, 2) power hungry ones and 3) the totally spineless ones.
How about NOT burdening each and every citizen with higher energy costs for some forced and flawed utopian ideal which might result in a whopping 0.2 percent carbon emmissions. further wrecking the U.S. economy and industries.
If the new technologies being talked about, worked on, etc. are not economically feasible because of the current price of other energy generation, too bad.
The solution would be to get the "new" technologies to produce energy at or below the cost of current energy generation, not taxing everyone in oblivion to artificially do this.
Sure, do all you can to help clean up the environment and to minimize or eliminate pollution. I am all for cleaner, greener, etc. I am not for more tax burdens on top of the already increased tax burdens I and many many others are now facing in this country.
The U.S. government is (and has been) in the hands of A) lunatics and B) people that couldn't run a business if their lives depended on it (the greatest majority of them, in any case).
** If you look at what he published in the last forty years, you will see that almost every single work presents the "big cost" of preserving the environment. He has shown a very consistent, extremely biased point of view, that puts economics above everything else. **
And, if each and every work presents the "big cost" of preserving the envirnment **is true**, that would make him biased exactly how?
"A: It fundamentally will change how we use, produce and consume energy, ending the country's love affair with big gas-guzzling cars and its insatiable appetite for cheap electricity. This bill will put smaller, more efficient cars on the road, swap smokestacks for windmills and solar panels, and transform the appliances you can buy for your home."
This is the Obama party line, plain and simple.
It has no remote relationship to the truth or reality in the present or future.
Yeah, and Obama's team (hockey, basketball or what, no one knows) said that if the most recent stimulus package wasn't passed, unemployment could reach 8 percent.
The scenes where Frodo is looking longingly into Sam's eyes (after the ring is destroyed and just before Frodo ships out with the elves) would be enough to get people on the streets, protesting that the government put such crap on TV!
Skellie (Natal's version of Clippie): It looks like you are trying to perform "Monkey Boy Dance". Choose the following options:
1) Continue with "Monkey Boy Dance". 2) Make someone else do "Monkey Boy Dance". 3) Patent Natal's "Monkey Boy Dance" initiation methods. 4)... 5) Profit!
Hot, blue skinned and white haired alien chicks swarm the globe, locating and mating with geeks with the purpose of creating a new super race of beings. Eventually, this new super race overthrows Darl Vader and the Monopolist Senate.
Newspapers are mostly bad news anyway. They have, other than maybe the movie listings and classifieds, absolutely no value to me at all.
Heck, even the movies and classifieds are more and more irrelevant due to the Internet.
I even stopped watching TV almost 10 years ago now, don't miss it at all. Back when I had cable, basic cable, 70 channels at the time, I was constantly complaining that there was "nothing on".
I get all my news, when and what I choose, via the internet and local radio. TV and newspapers are totally without value to me nowadays.
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There's that telltale "innovation" word again.
How many sentences do you have to use with the word "innovate" or "innovation" in them, without fumbling, stumbling, mumbling, etc. in order to pass your Microsoft Technology Evangelist training?
I had frequented some BBSes before, but CompuServe was my first connection service, circa 1988.
One of the more memorable things about that time was using a paper clip to toggle dip switches on a 300 baud modem to set the port.
Another thing was seeing commercials on TV for it, and Prodigy. My, how things have changed over the years.
MY GOD, MAN!
What would you do if they **really** pissed you off? /cringes
Good point.
I want **all** subsidies ended, every single one of them, farming, energy related, the whole kit and kaboodle.
Part of the problem is, the US government makes GOBS of money off the current gas/oil/coal energy setup. So, Congress, like it or not, has a vested interest in A) keeping things pretty much as is and/or B) shifting the tax burden to keep them from losing the mountains of money they make from the current setup.
I am not ignoring *the war*. I am a Navy veteran, thanks, I am very aware of the conflicts our country has embroiled itself in.
And, you seem hell bent on accusing me of "mental imbalance", please leave your Internet Psychology at home.
Spending was and has been out of control, war, stimulus packages, TARP, etc. included. And, the table is being set to ramp up the spending even more, which was my main point.
And, I agree, it is not a Democrat versus Republican (or vice versa) thing. I support neither one of the two major parties, they both share the blame for the current state of affairs. My problem is, both major parties have done jack sh!t to curb the spending, which is what I find (and other should find) the most disturbing situation related to the state of the union, so to speak.
I have always voted for the candidate that I thought would do the best job, based on my own research, regardless of party. But recently, based on antics of both parties, I flatly refuse to vote for a member of either party unless and until one or both start taking actions that will benefit the country as a whole and not being hell bent on getting in and keeping in power, damning everything else.
** And what criteria are you using for "people that couldn't run a business if their lives depended on it. That's pretty disparaging to a lot of hard working people that you've never met, and it borders on clinical paranoia. **
Oh, and I have met quite a number of Senators and Representatives over the years, thanks.
Are you even you paying attention to what the US government is spending? Are you looking at what the US government is already committing itself to spending now and in the future? Are you aware that recent spending is going to quadruple the National Debt? If not, you might want to look into this.
It is a matter of simple economics. You cannot spend more than you make for very long and expect an all rosy outcome. The problem with the US government doing it, long term is that the US government doesn't pay for it, so what do the people running the US government really care? It all gets placed on the backs of each and every tax paying citizen, their children and even their children.
As for the rest, the information you specifically asked for cites on is out there, you can easily find it, if you care to look. Do your own research, I have done mine.
** I wish I had mod points. Why is this so hard to understand? Tax free R&D for green tech is the way to go. **
It isn't hard to understand.
The *problem* with it is, the people in power (and you can call them Democrats or Republicans, they both are like this) would lose the POWER attendant upon the Cap and Trade nightmare. It is not about "cleaning up the environment, greener technologies" or anything remotely like that for the politicians. It is solely and only about getting in and expanding their power, damn the country and the U.S. citizenry.
Oh, sure, there are a few good politicians that A) genuinely want to help make the country better but B) they are drowned out by the 1) clueless ones, 2) power hungry ones and 3) the totally spineless ones.
How about NOT burdening each and every citizen with higher energy costs for some forced and flawed utopian ideal which might result in a whopping 0.2 percent carbon emmissions. further wrecking the U.S. economy and industries.
If the new technologies being talked about, worked on, etc. are not economically feasible because of the current price of other energy generation, too bad.
The solution would be to get the "new" technologies to produce energy at or below the cost of current energy generation, not taxing everyone in oblivion to artificially do this.
Sure, do all you can to help clean up the environment and to minimize or eliminate pollution. I am all for cleaner, greener, etc. I am not for more tax burdens on top of the already increased tax burdens I and many many others are now facing in this country.
The U.S. government is (and has been) in the hands of A) lunatics and B) people that couldn't run a business if their lives depended on it (the greatest majority of them, in any case).
** If you look at what he published in the last forty years, you will see that almost every single work presents the "big cost" of preserving the environment. He has shown a very consistent, extremely biased point of view, that puts economics above everything else. **
And, if each and every work presents the "big cost" of preserving the envirnment **is true**, that would make him biased exactly how?
Oh, owie! Marked as "-1 Troll" for A) telling the truth and B) the obvious.
Yeah, you really burned me on that one! Yeah, burned.
"A: It fundamentally will change how we use, produce and consume energy, ending the country's love affair with big gas-guzzling cars and its insatiable appetite for cheap electricity. This bill will put smaller, more efficient cars on the road, swap smokestacks for windmills and solar panels, and transform the appliances you can buy for your home."
This is the Obama party line, plain and simple.
It has no remote relationship to the truth or reality in the present or future.
In other words, it's a lie.
Yeah, and Obama's team (hockey, basketball or what, no one knows) said that if the most recent stimulus package wasn't passed, unemployment could reach 8 percent.
OOPS!
The scenes where Frodo is looking longingly into Sam's eyes (after the ring is destroyed and just before Frodo ships out with the elves) would be enough to get people on the streets, protesting that the government put such crap on TV!
Skellie (Natal's version of Clippie): It looks like you are trying to perform "Monkey Boy Dance". Choose the following options:
1) Continue with "Monkey Boy Dance". ...
2) Make someone else do "Monkey Boy Dance".
3) Patent Natal's "Monkey Boy Dance" initiation methods.
4)
5) Profit!
Hot, blue skinned and white haired alien chicks swarm the globe, locating and mating with geeks with the purpose of creating a new super race of beings. Eventually, this new super race overthrows Darl Vader and the Monopolist Senate.
The problem is, SCOXQ.PK is so broke, the Board of Directors is considering giving Darl a "Golden Shower" in lieu of a "Golden Parachute".
Newspapers are mostly bad news anyway. They have, other than maybe the movie listings and classifieds, absolutely no value to me at all.
Heck, even the movies and classifieds are more and more irrelevant due to the Internet.
I even stopped watching TV almost 10 years ago now, don't miss it at all. Back when I had cable, basic cable, 70 channels at the time, I was constantly complaining that there was "nothing on".
I get all my news, when and what I choose, via the internet and local radio. TV and newspapers are totally without value to me nowadays.
Screw that.
If print media cannot survive on it's own, with it's own resources, etc. then too fricken bad.
It would be like, in the days of the first automobiles, taxing them to keep horse buggy manufacturers going. Actually, it's even worse than that.
Memories are images, and a lot more.
You see them with your "mind's eye".
They just happen to have more than just an image as part of their content, well, I guess in most cases. :)
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No. If Microsoft had done it, Microsoft and hundreds of paid employees, consultants, analysts and the like would have hailed it as *innovative*.
No, this is a civil trial.
There was no "grand jury".
The RIAA (not the "state") sued Thomas.
Oh, yeah, sorry.
** Grabs his trusty "geek mentality and social stigmatization program" CD and installs **
Ah, that's better.
What is this "SCORE!" thing anyway?...
You mean, with like a real live girl?!?!? That would rule!
How many people is Microsoft paying to post "how terrible this is"? And anything along those lines.
As the saying goes:
Karma is a b!tch!
Well, if I cannot access Disney stuff via my ISP then... I won't access it, problem solved!
That should make Disney a lot of money, huh?
Or, just plain old "SCORE!"